Mark Stoops

Former FCS All-American and Sam Houston State running back Ramon Jefferson has signed to play football at the University of Kentucky, head coach Mark Stoops announced Tuesday. He will be eligible immediately and will have one season of eligibility remaining as a graduate transfer. “We are excited to have Ramon...

Kentucky football has gone through a complete transformation over the last decade. Since a pair of back to back 2-10 seasons, they’ve gone 57-43 in the eight seasons since. That includes a streak of six straight bowl game appearances with four straight wins in the postseason. Wildcat quarterback Will Levis is attending the Manning Passing Academy this weekend. At the event, he spoke about the program’s recent turn around.

Mark Stoops has pushed the Kentucky football program to unprecedented heights during his time in Lexington, highlighted by two 10-win seasons in four years, six consecutive bowl games, top recruiting classes and historic draft success. Leading up to this point, the Wildcats have been knocking down those barriers as underdogs...

Two weeks after returning from the SEC Spring Meetings in Destin, Kentucky head football coach Mark Stoops shared why he prefers the 8-game format when the league expands to 16 teams. Throughout the week of meetings, administrators and coaches primarily discussed two potential changes to the football schedule when Texas...

Tim Couch couldn’t help but smile last season when he watched what offensive coordinator did with the Kentucky offense. He put the passing attack back into Kentucky football and quarterback Will Levis and receiver Wan’Dale Robinson made one think back to the days almost 25 years ago when Couch was throwing to Craig Yeast and others.

Yes, that is a real headline. Father Jim Sichko, a catholic priest in the diocese of Lexington, KY, made a recent trip to Rome where he was able to meet with Pope Francis, delivering many gifts to the head of the Catholic Church. A couple of the items Father Jim presented to Pope Francis were two bottles of bourbon, one of them signed by Mark Stoops.

Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops spoke about his team’s big addition at defensive back, Texas State transfer safety Zion Childress. Childress transferring to the Wildcats was made official with a statement from Stoops, where the Kentucky coach praised his versatility on the football field and his starting-level ability as a freshman in the Sun Belt Conference.

Thanks to the transfer portal, recruiting never stops in college football. Kentucky has used this new recruiting tool to help bolster its roster. Since the end of the 2021 season, Kentucky has added seven players from the transfer portal and six of those will be scholarship players after Iowa quarterback Deuce Hogan accepted a walk-on role with the program. Meanwhile, the program has seen 16 scholarship players leave Kentucky, and only two have landed at power five programs — Jared Casey (Indiana) and Cedrick Dort Jr. (Wisconsin).

With spring football and the 2022 NFL Draft now complete, the attention is beginning to turn to the 2023 Draft class. With players like Bryce Young, Will Anderson, and CJ Stroud all expected to be in next season's class, one Kentucky Wildcats star is gaining a lot of steam as we inch closer to the college football season.

Earlier today, Kentucky Sports Radio was excited to be joined by Kentucky Football head coach Mark Stoops for a Thursday morning conversation about his football program. Stoops was kind enough to call in during his busy morning to take questions from Matt Jones about the current state of the team and Stoops’ current thoughts on NIL’s effect on the game.

In the college football landscape, there is a ton of worry about name, image, and likeness (NIL) turning into full-on pay-for-play. Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops is one of those that does not love the direction that the sport is heading in. On Thursday, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Pac-12...

The University of Kentucky has confirmed the addition of Ole Miss Rebels defender Keidron Smith, including a statement from head coach Mark Stoops. “We are very excited to have Keidron (Smith) join our Wildcat family,” Stoops said in a press release. “He is a veteran player who started and saw a lot of snaps at corner and safety in the Southeastern Conference. He’s versatile, he’s intelligent, and he’s mature. I like his competitive nature, and he’s a great addition to our defense.”

Former Ole Miss defensive back Keidron Smith announced he is transferring to Kentucky Friday, a huge addition to the 2022 Kentucky football roster. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound defensive back appeared in 47 games at Ole Miss, including 22 starts. He totaled 223 tackles during his career in Oxford. Kentucky officially announced...

Adapt or die. That is quite often the world in modern athletics as sports are always changing. The evolution of athletes to go along with the installation of analytics is helping change sports that are both played indoors and outside. However, college athletics is facing a different challenge. Name, image,...

Kentucky lost multiple pieces from its offensive line this offseason, including both tackles to the NFL Draft and the position coach along with offensive coordinator. However, Mark Stoops and his new-look offensive staff continue working with the new tackles to return as one of the best line units in the country.